Friday, July 25, 2008

Slab N Ernie layouts from CANS WITHOUT LABELS

Here are some layouts of Slab N Ernie for those of you who are practicing clean ups and inking and are sick of the same George drawings.here's one by Mitch. He's hired. (I hope you separated the chairs from the characters, Mitch)The hierarchy of his line weights is very logical. The overall forms of the characters are held together by thicker lines and the interior smaller details use thinner lines that wrap in the same directons as the larger forms. Especially on the heads. (The bodies could use a little more of that.)

He also did not even out any of the asymmetrical shapes, which is a huge plus to me. I have a hell of a time getting people to preserve the guts and flair of the pencil drawings, when they clean them up. Good job Mitch!

Hey Spumco cats, could you give us some tips on inking eyes? I find them especially tough, especially the big 'ol round ones like on Slab N Ernie. Do you try to do them in one line? Are they thin, thick, or varying?

John, these are really cool. The story is looking great, your dad he was a bug inspiration for your cartoons. I'm dying to see the final. There are a lot of great artists I see your gonna use for this. This is gonna be the best Spumco project since, Ren and Stimpy, and I LOVE Weekend Pussy Hunt.

Does someone have a link to some Illustrator tutorial? I'm trying to ink with it but I can't figure out how it works. There are automatic changes and corrections when I do some of the lines or other lines are erased automatically when I draw the new ones...

I'm so excited for this cartoon! I'm one of the few twelve year olds in the world that even knows what Spumco is. Also, please don't show cartoon characters having sex. My parents wouldn't let me watch the show if that happened. AND I NEED MY GEORGENESS! All I have to tide me over are the Spumco comic books and archived webtoons!

First off are you going to try an use that painterly style in the backgrounds you're so adamant about for the George cartoon and kind of flat toning the color for the characters?

I also wonder there's this think about limited animation in flash I don't like (I think it's the smooth in/smooth out action of the tweening) is there any way to kind of correct that so it has more of the Hanna Barbera "Flintstones" feel, and not just "some flash cartoon."

Hi John, thanks for the nifty tips concerning clean up! Now for the typical "Ashanti" question: Where are the girls of the Georfe Liquor program? Is Sody the only one? If so, are you going to post any layouts featuring her for us to clean up?Inquiring minds wanna know:)